PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Public Sector: Land (5 December 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public sector sites have been (a) identified and (b) released for the purpose of new housing developments since 2010.
Asked by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Asked by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Answer
As of September 2014, land capable of delivering 89,521 homes has been sold, across 647 sites. Our aim is to dispose of surplus public sector land with capacity for 100,000 homes by the end of March 2015.
We have so far identified a further 294 surplus sites, some of which will be sold to meet our March 2015 goal, and the remainder which will be sold subsequently and help contribute to our broader goal in the next Parliament to release land with capacity for up to 150,000 homes.
As part of that Programme this Department is already working with land holding Departments to help them rationalise and make more effective use of their estates.
Answered by:
Sir Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
12 January 2015
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